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Review: Muppets Most Wanted

Muppets Most Wanted opens with a musical number “We’re Doing a Sequel.” The Muppets jokingly belt out the chorus of the song, “I thought it was the end/but know my friends /this is when we get to do it all again (do it all again).”

That is the perfect way to explain Muppets Most Wanted. The song not only jokes about the reasons the sequel is being made, it also sets the tone for how self aware the movie is.

After The Muppets reunited at the end of 2011’s The Muppets, they embark on a global tour with the help of a shady manager named Dominic Badguy (Ricky Gervais). While on tour Kermit is tricked by Badguy and switches places with the world’s number one criminal Constantine (who looks like Kermit with a mole). Kermit sent to a prison in Siberia while Constantine continues the tour with the Muppets. Constantine and Badguy’s master plan is to steal the Crown Jewels and blame the Muppets for their disappearance.

Like all Muppet movies the film is loaded with cameos. Tina Fey stars as the Kermit obsessed guard at the Siberian prison and Ty Burrell plays a stereotypical French detective named Jean Pierre. The film also features cameos from Lady Gaga, Frank Langella, Tom Hiddleston, Salma Hayek, Josh Groban, and Usher Raymond to name a few.

Just like the opening number says, they’re doing it all again and that’s exactly why the movie feels stale. It’s the Muppets with cameos and musical numbers, only this time the gags aren’t as good. The film is lacking the punch that made the other Muppet films so much fun to watch over and over again. Maybe it’s because none of the musical numbers really stood out or because outside of Gervais, the human characters had nothing to do but fill space on the screen.

One of the films best jokes is a running gag that people can tell Kermit and Constantine apart because of a mole on Constantine’s face. One little tiny mole. It’s one of the film’s few clever gags, but it works.

The biggest problem with Most Wanted is the story is lazy at best. Even though they poke fun of remakes during their musical numbers, it doesn’t stop the film from being a mediocre step in the wrong direction. The run-time is only 112 minutes but the film feels like it stretches well over 2 hours. Children’s movies should never feel long. Ever.

Of course, this isn’t going to stop kids from enjoying it. There’s enough singing and dancing to keep kids entertained. Unfortunately Most Wanted isn’t the sequel fans of The Muppets hoped for.

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